jolly

(noun) a happy party.

(noun) a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. Synonyms: jolly boat.

(verb) be silly or tease one another. Synonyms: kid, chaff, josh, banter. Example: "After we relaxed, we just kidded around."

(adj) full of or showing high-spirited merriment. Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful. Examples: "When hearts were young and gay." "A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- wordsworth." "The jolly crowd at the reunion." "Jolly old saint nick." "A jovial old gentleman." "Have a merry christmas." "Peals of merry laughter." "A mirthful laugh."

(adv) to a moderately sufficient extent or degree. Synonyms: reasonably, moderately, pretty, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably. Examples: "Pretty big." "Pretty bad." "Jolly decent of him." "The shoes are priced reasonably." "He is fairly clever with computers."